Friday

On Friday I drove down to Richmond for the day to attend RebelleCon, “Lifestyle design for entrepreneurial women.”

The program focused on wellness, money, community, and creativity. It was one of those days that left me inspired and motivated from the inside out! I loved the talks from Jessamyn Stanley, author of Every Body Yoga, and Tonya of My Fab Finance. If you’re anywhere close to Richmond, definitely keep this event on your radar for next year!

I drove back to Cville late in the afternoon, and Thomas and I quickly turned around to head to Vivace to meet friends before the UVA basketball game. I asked for a cup of soup for an early dinner, and was presented with the world’s largest ‘cup’ of lentil and sausage soup – aka a huge bowl!

We had a great time at the game! I love basketball because you don’t have to worry about rain or cold! 🙂

Saturday

Saturday morning we had big, warm bowls of oatmeal – PB&J style – before bundling up for soccer with Mazen.

It was 24 degrees, and we dressed for the weather!

After soccer, we headed straight to the gym to warm up!

Matt took Mazen swimming in the warm pool – a drastic change from the outdoors!

I did 30 minutes on the stairmaster, plus 20 minutes in the steamy sauna! After a quick shower at home, I met my soccer team at Three Notchd for lunch! We had a game scheduled for Saturday but it was cancelled at the last minute, so we decided to drink beer together instead

The menu at Three Notchd is perfection. Local ingredients, salads, great snacks (the deviled eggs, and the pretzel bites are AMAZING), burgers, pub food, brunch food, and a variety of drinks, including beer and cocktails. Plus, they have a kids area. It’s my new favorite spot!

I had the Fresh 20 Field Salad with chicken on top and a Hydraulion Red!

I walked home and picked Mazen up along the way (who got a haircut and ate lunch with Matt.) He’s learning how to stand up on his bike!

We snuggled with Gussers all afternoon! 🙂

Those boys…

On Saturday night I had some leftover spaghetti for dinner (Thomas’s from Vivace) and then headed to Random Row for the ACAC Fall Ball.

The event was a big dance party! We normally do burpees and sweat to bumpin’ music, so it was fun to just dance, dance, dance.

Mack and I burned lots of calories on the dance floor. He’s got some moves! (And DJ Collins was on point!)

Good morning, I am a longtime reader but not a frequent commenter. My boyfriend and I are coming down from Alexandria to Charlottesville the first weekend in December for an overnight before heading to Richmond for a second night. I have compiled a list of places for eating and drinking from reading the blog (thank you!). I was wondering if you or any of your local readers have any recommendations on where to stay? It’s just two of us, a pre-Christmas getaway. We’d like to be in the heart of Charlottesville so we can walk and take in as much as we can. Thank you!

Aw gus and mazen are so cute! Do they play well together? Mazen looks like he is having a lot of fun ? I always have to watch my daughter carefully around my dog just to make sure she isn’t too rough with him. It can be stressful at times!